DOI: 10.1083/jcb.12.2.207. THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF LIPID-WATER SYSTEMS

THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF LIPID-WATER SYSTEMS

10.1083/jcb.12.2.207

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Rockefeller University Press

The Journal of Cell Biology (291)

Abstract

Some simple lipid-water systems have been studied by x-ray scattering techniques, as a function of lipid concentration and temperature. Several liquid-crystalline phases have been found, and their structure has been determined: only one of these is lamellar. In all these phases the hydrocarbon part of the lipid molecules has a disordered, liquid-like structure. One biological phospholipid, a human brain extract, has been studied by the same technique, and two liquid-crystalline phases have been found: a lamellar phase, built up by an ordered sequence of lipid and water planar sheets, and a hexagonal phase, which is a hexagonal array of circular cylinders, each cylinder being a thin water channel covered by the hydrophilic groups of the lipid molecules, the hydrocarbon chains filling the gap between the cylinders. The interpretation of the electron microscope observations of the structure of lipoprotein membranes is discussed, and some possible biological implications are suggested.

Bibliography

Luzzati, V., & Husson, F. (1962). THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF LIPID-WATER SYSTEMS. The Journal of Cell Biology, 12(2), 207â219.

Authors 2

V. Luzzati (first)
F. Husson (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	21 years, 3 months ago (May 14, 2004, 1:40 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 1 month ago (July 21, 2023, 10:50 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 2 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:58 a.m.)
Issued	63 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1962)
Published	63 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1962)
Published Online	63 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1962)
Published Print	63 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 1962)

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BibTeX

@article{Luzzati_1962, title={THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASES OF LIPID-WATER SYSTEMS}, volume={12}, ISSN={0021-9525}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.12.2.207}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.12.2.207}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of Cell Biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Luzzati, V. and Husson, F.}, year={1962}, month=feb, pages={207–219} }

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